Design and Technology (Food and Nutrition Specialist) – Maternity Cover
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Start date details
As soon as available
Closing date
17 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
5 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Design and technology, Food technology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Fixed term - - - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main Pay Range 1 £34,514 to Upper Pay Scale 3 £51,170 (full-time equivalent)
Pay scale
- M1 to UP3
What skills and experience we're looking for
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- To be a well-qualified teacher of Food and Nutrition with the ability to teach Food and Nutrition to A Level
- To have a sound knowledge of Food and Nutrition and current issues in this area, including the use of ICT in effective teaching and learning
- To be willing to experiment with and apply new approaches to teaching and learning
- To help create an environment that values feedback from all in order to improve student learning and motivation
- To be interested in children as individuals, in how they learn and in a collaborative approach to learning
- To be aware of appropriate strategies for mixed-attainment teaching and adapt to the varying demands of each classroom situation
- To be able to build good-humoured working relationships with many colleagues
- To believe in the importance of teamwork, both at departmental and whole school levels
- To be committed to the comprehensive ideal, to the principles and practice of equal opportunities and of mixed-attainment teaching
- A commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the principles and practice of equal opportunities
- A commitment to the principles and practice of safeguarding all young people
What the school offers its staff
- State of the art building with well-equipped classrooms, excellent resources and modern facilities
- Fantastic support from your line managers and SLT who will develop you and want to see you succeed in your career
- ECF programme with dedicated mentor for 1st and 2nd Year ECTs
- You’ll be working in an OFSTED rated ‘Outstanding’ school
- Exceptional and wide ranging CPD opportunities
- Staff Wellbeing group who promote a healthy work life balance and arrange activities such as weekly staff yoga, on-site massage, weekly fruit, breakfast boxes, well-being garden, book club with free Kindle loan for staff etc.
- Free annual flu jab
- Free use of the on-site gym
- Cycle to Work tax free bike scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks. Online searches may be completed for shortlisted candidates as part of due diligence checks. It is an offence to apply for any role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all posts are listed as exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.
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About Whitmore High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1733 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Whitmore High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- applications@whitmore.harrow.sch.uk
Whitmore High School is a mixed comprehensive school with an excellent record of achievement.
Students are expected to achieve the highest standards of work and behaviour in a positive, friendly but disciplined atmosphere. Our staff are highly qualified and passionate about ensuring all students reach their full potential and we work closely with parents to achieve this aim.
At Whitmore High School we aim to provide the best possible education for all our students by:
* Promoting a broad and balanced curriculum in which students take an active part in their own learning.
* Recognising the needs of individuals, placing suitable high demands on them and stimulating them to achieve success.
* Encouraging students to aim for the highest standards of work and behaviour at all times.
* Creating an ordered and friendly community where relationships are positive and founded on courtesy, respect and shared values.
* Acknowledging the importance of links between home, school and the wider community.
* Maintaining a spirit of constructive self-criticism, regularly considering improvements to existing practice.
Arranging a visit to Whitmore High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@whitmore.harrow.sch.uk.
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